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I Give My Marriage A Year
- Author
- Holly Wainwright
- Narrator
- Patrick Harvey, Casey Withoos
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 1 June 2026
- Run Time
- 11 hours 38 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'This book will have you nodding, laughing and crying' — Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of Mad Mabel
Twelve months. Twelve ways to decide whether to stay or go.
Lou and Josh have the house, the kids, and a thousand shared memories. But Lou is drowning under the invisible weight of a marriage on autopilot.
After a disastrous family Christmas, she reaches a terrifying breaking point. She isn’t ready to leave; but she can’t stay like this.
In a final bid to save her family, Lou sets an ultimatum: one year, twelve tests.
From enforced intimacy to brutal honesty, this is a rescue mission to find the man she married. But as the tests push them to the edge, the life they’ve built begins to truly unravel.
PRAISE FOR I GIVE MY MARRIAGE A YEAR
'Imbued with warmth, humour and heart' – Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Big Little Lies
'A sharply written, funny and poignant portrait of a marriage' — Sunday Mail
'Another clever offering from Holly Wainwright' – Daily Telegraph
'The most insightful novel on marriage I've ever read. I can't stop thinking about it' — Mia Freedman, author of Strife
Critics Review
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Poignant, compelling and full of aha moments, this book will have you nodding, laughing and crying, and most of all, incredibly invested in the outcome
Sally Hepworth, New York Times bestselling author of Darling Girls
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The most insightful novel on marriage I've ever read. I can't stop thinking about it
Mia Freedman, author of Strife
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If you are looking for a book to escape these troubling times, then Holly Wainwright's I Give My Marriage a Year is just the ticket. It's a sharply written, funny and poignant portrait of marriage, and all the highs and lows that go with it
Sunday Mail
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What we're loving right now . . . another clever offering from Holly Wainwright
Daily Telegraph
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Wainwright gets the tone right, there are some funny moments alongside the marital drama . . . by the end you'll be looking at your own relationship and wondering if it's time to set your own deadline
Courier Mail
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Details
- Author
- Holly Wainwright
- Narrator
- Patrick Harvey, Casey Withoos
- Duration
- 11 hours 38 minutes
- Release Date
- 1 June 2026
- ISBN
- 9781037412714
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Modern and Contemporary romance, Family life fiction / Stories about family
Synopsis
'This book will have you nodding, laughing and crying' — Sally Hepworth, bestselling author of Mad MabelTwelve months. Twelve ways to decide whether to stay or go. Lou and Josh have the house, the kids, and a thousand shared memories. But Lou is drowning under the invisible weight of a marriage on autopilot.After a disastrous family Christmas, she reaches a terrifying breaking point. She isn’t ready to leave; but she can’t stay like this.In a final bid to save her family, Lou sets an ultimatum: one year, twelve tests. From enforced intimacy to brutal honesty, this is a rescue mission to find the man she married. But as the tests push them to the edge, the life they’ve built begins to truly unravel.PRAISE FOR I GIVE MY MARRIAGE A YEAR'Imbued with warmth, humour and heart' – Liane Moriarty, bestselling author of Big Little Lies'A sharply written, funny and poignant portrait of a marriage' — Sunday Mail'Another clever offering from Holly Wainwright' – Daily Telegraph'The most insightful novel on marriage I've ever read. I can't stop thinking about it' — Mia Freedman, author of Strife
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